folkie

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noun

folk·​ie ˈfō-kē How to pronounce folkie (audio)
variants or less commonly folky
plural folkies
: a folk singer or instrumentalist

folkie

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adjective

variants or folky
: of or relating to folk music

Examples of folkie in a Sentence

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Noun
Stomp-and-holler bands As pop became increasingly robotic in the late 2000s, an international contingent of folkies spurred a new roots revival. Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024 That idea slowly blossomed into Proxy Music, an entire album of new Thompson songs (some co-written with Teddy and other collaborators) sung by others, including Wainwright, her brother Rufus, the Proclaimers, and British folkie Eliza Carthy. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 July 2024
Adjective
In the mid-’90s, the buzz headed south to Ludlow Street, and the East Village was left with a scattering of small folkie venues like Sidewalk Cafe and a couple of fading clubs like the latter-day Pyramid. Laurie Gwen Shapiro, Curbed, 22 Nov. 2022 The Yeahs’ Karen O and Nick Zinner had a folkie duo called Unitard. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for folkie 

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1964, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1965, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of folkie was in 1964

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“Folkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folkie. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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